Water for Elephants by Sara GruenAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Best Book Cover Art
12,376 books — 7,093 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,965 books — 5,250 voters
The Language Instinct by Steven PinkerDeath from the Skies! by Philip Plait
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyOffshore by Penelope FitzgeraldLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
61 books — 1,987 voters
Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. SeussHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffMoses the Kitten by James Herriot
Best Children's Books
5,312 books — 6,710 voters

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,369 voters